The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-24

him and he was drowned his Dody haS iioV
yet been found
The new depot recently completed al Malt,
land, by the prosperous and ably manager
South Florida railroad, is indeed d uhln5 Vi
beauty as well as utility, and, though not
the largest. is unouestionably one OF the
finest and most attractive dcpots on the llne
from Sanford to Tampa. The plans nave
also been drawn and accepted for nag
station house about threefourths OF a mile
to the south, toward Winter Park, and east
OF the Park House, the Episcopal and Catn-
Ollie churches.
Saturday night, as the 5:45 train over the
Florida Railway and Navigation road was
approaching the Jacksonville depot, ana
just after crossing the Brooklyn bridge, the
engine jumped the track at defective trog
and ran across several tracks, stopping just
as the boiler got at Iight-angles with the
tender. A large force OF men was sum-
moned, as well as several other locomotives,
and after several hours work it was pulled
back on the track, having sustained but
slight injuries.
F. E. Turner. who lives about ten miles
west of Jacksonville has at his farm curl
oslty in the shape of a five-legged pig. Inc
animal is about two months old, but Mr.
Turner never noticed this unusual feature
until Saturday. The extra member is about
the right fore-leg. 1t is perfectly formed
and rests ON the ground, the same as the bal
ance of the pigs lower extremities On the
left forefoot is one more toe than pig Is
generally allowed
The Sabbath School Convention in and for
the Second district of Florida was IN session
Friday at Madison, and a large number of
delegates We're in attendance. This district
reaches from Suwanee county on the east TO
the Apalachicola river on the west. The or
der of exercises was varied and rich, and
some of the best speakers in the State ad-
dressed delighted audiences on great themes.
At night Mai A. j. Russell delivered an
eloquent address on the object of the ny alue
of the Bible in Perpetuating Our Civil In
situations"
The people of Sorrento and vicinity are
indignant at the sudden land without their
consent) transfer from Orange, to Lake
county, by the late act of the Legislature.
They have not been consulted on the sub
ject, and knew nothing of the proposed ex
clsion from Orange until the announcement
Of the passage of the bill. One thing that
sadds to their confusion is the ignorance as to
where the dividing line runs, one report
having it that the dividing line divides their
town. There is great excitement in Sor-
rento on this subject.
Saturday afternoon another test of the
Orlando fire plugs was made. The Mayor
and Council and three or four hundred
spectators assembled on Orange avenue to
witness the work of tie two plugs, one at
Birnbaum's corner, the other at the Kedney
block. The hose was attached to the plugs
about 100 feet eech) and the water turned
on. The stream at the Kedney block was
thrown over 100 feet perpendicularly, the
pressure at the time being only 70 pounds.
The test was perfectly satisfactory one,
and all who witnessed the magnificent
streams felt the day of nervous dread of fire
had passed.
Hon. John d. Broome, recently appointed
Judge of the Seventh circuit, was born in
Hamburg, S. c., in 1926, and came to
Florida when child with his father, who
became Governor of the State Judge
Broome was educated at Mercer University,
Penfield, Ga After finishing his collegiate
studies he went to Felnandina, and engaged
in the practice of law, marrying a daughter
of Judge j. T. O'Neill, Of Nassau county
In 1865 he moved to New York, practicing
law in that city until 1874, when he returned
to Florida and has since been residing at
DeLand. He was also member of the late
Constitutional Convention and served on
Gen. Finley's staff during the war.
The bill appropriating $4,000 to the East
Florida Seminary has passed both houses of
| stimulant to the cause of education in Flor
ida, and is another step forward in the adj
vancement of GaineSYille's material inter
| ests. With the money the barracks will be
completed and other needed improvements
will be made. The people of Gainesville,
all of whom feel deep interest in the well
fare OF the seminary, are very much elated
over the act of the Legislature East
Florida Seminary has for several years been
institutions in Florida, and with this assist
ance from the State it can easily be made
second to no institution in the South To
Capt. E. p. Cater, the efficient superinten-
| dent of the seminary, is due great amount
of praise for his efforts in behalf of the
passage of the bill.
Capt E. E. Vail, late of the old st. Au-
gustine Hotel, is in st. Augustine with
plans for the new block he is to erect on the
grounds where the hotel stood before it was
| DESTROYED by fire. The collector of customs
has been authorized to receive bids for that
portion of the lot owned by the United
| States for term of five years, and it is
| hoped that Capt Vail will have no opposi-
| tion in again securing this lot, as he is the
| lessee for a long number of years of these
! lots on the north and south of this small
strip owned by the United States His losses
| by the late fire exceeded 1926, 200, upon
which there was no insurance, and
the old veteran comes forth without muir
muir and now proposes to erect block of
| fifteen stores, 25x40, as foundation for a
mammoth new st. Augustine hotel that will
be built. The style will be in harmony with
the large buildings that have been erected
and of the same order of architecture as the
| Lyon block, Casam Monica, and the pro-
| posed rebuilding of the Cathedral Should
| the question of the lease of this United
States lot present no difficulty, this work
| will be commenced in about two weeks and
be pushed to completion this summer.